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authorKarel Zak2017-04-11 12:40:39 +0200
committerKarel Zak2017-05-02 12:18:00 +0200
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columns: add note about width
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1
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@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ Use JSON output format to print the table, the option
\fB\-\-table\-columns\fP is required and the option \fB\-\-table\-name\fP is recommended.
.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-output\-width\fP \fIwidth\fP"
Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters. The original
-name of this option is --columns; this name is deprecated since v2.30.
+name of this option is --columns; this name is deprecated since v2.30. Note that input
+longer than \fIwidth\fP is not truncated by default.
.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output\-separator\fP \fIstring\fP"
Specify the columns delimiter for table output (default is two spaces).
.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP"